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I must be out of the loop here, can you post some context for this?

reustle 9y ago
Here are a few from my subscriptions page: ElectroBoom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN3j0jZirs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN3j0jZirs Abroad In Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5lMM160etI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5lMM160etI AvE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSxgn0_yU-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSxgn0_yU-8 Neistat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZakJFqdpRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZakJFqdpRY Philip DeFranco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOa6PA8XQtQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOa6PA8XQtQ
- falcolas 9y ago
  Another, experiencing a 90%+ drop in YouTube revenue since the latest update: Sid Alpha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe5eODFxwy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe5eODFxwy0
- porfirium 9y ago
  ReviewBrah: https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/920395476209471489 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/920395476209471489 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/925346887753969664 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/925346887753969664 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/926838929751465984 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/926838929751465984
  - justaman 9y ago
    HOW? This guy is basically a 1950's white-picket fence gentleman. I think we are seeing a concerted effort to attack major YT channels into leaving YT.
    - krapp 9y ago
      My pet conspiracy theory regarding Youtube is that Google wants to pivot it to compete with Netflix and Amazon, and replace user-submitted content with exclusive, licensed content that might actually make money. But Google doesn't want to risk the PR nightmare of admitting that they no longer want 99% of their userbase poisoning the well for the 1%, so they use pretexts like demonetizing content to encourage them to go elsewhere. It's probably not true, but Google either seems to be fantastically inept or malicious at this point, when it comes to their interactions with content creators and their UX.
  - needz 9y ago
    This guy is as wholesome as wholesome can possibly be and he was still demonetized. Wears suits, is cordial with his viewers, doesn't curse... what more could YT want?
- maturz 9y ago
  Also Joe goes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaU-SgsZnIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaU-SgsZnIw Reddit has a lot more examples https://www.reddit.com/r/all/search?q=demonetized&sort=top https://www.reddit.com/r/all/search?q=demonetized&sort=top
Joe-Z 9y ago
Just this week: Popular science channel "Cody's Lab" got his account suspended. https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/7b3v93/12million_sub_channel_codyslab_suspended_lets/ https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/7b3v93/12million_s...
- justaman 9y ago
  Absolute shame and I cannot wait until TY dies its inevitable lonely death.
mtgx 9y ago
You can Google "Adpocalypse" for more info on this. Here are a couple of articles on it: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/arts/youtube-broadcasters-algorithm-ads.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/arts/youtube-broadcasters... http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/05/04/how-youtube-adpocalypse-affected-top-creators/ http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/05/04/how-youtube-adpocalypse... It started when some big advertisers made waves about their ads being placed on "extremist" videos on YouTube. Some quit Google's network at the time, too. To beg them back, Google essentially started removing anything that might upset those big advertisers. Like anything at all. The "demonetization" actually came a bit later when there was backlash against those removals from users, so it was Google's way to "compromise". It wouldn't remove the more "sensitive" (but not extremist) videos, but it would demonetize them without much thought.
- ghaff 9y ago
  Is this even slightly surprising (or unreasonable)? An ad placement agency--which is effectively what google is acting as from an advertising perspective--wants safe, uncontroversial placements for at least most of their clients, especially big mainstream ones. They're mostly not looking for "edgy." The main surprise to me is that advertising support for a fair bit of non-mainstream content has held up as long as it has.
  - Feniks 9y ago
    No its not. Companies care about their brand and have always wanted some assurance that their ads don't show up in something controversial. There is actually a really simple solution here that nobody wants to talk about. DO NOT MONETIZE YOUR VIDEO
  - rrhd 9y ago
    The boundary for what gets demonitized are arbitrary and ridiculous. It's not just people dropping racial slurs or showing graphic violence. It's comedy channels, science channels, etc... It's probably the only thing they can do, but it really is an awful way to treat people who should be your partners.
gadders 9y ago
Also Bro Science Life and Gaad Sad.

Here are a few from my subscriptions page: ElectroBoom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN3j0jZirs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN3j0jZirs Abroad In Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5lMM160etI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5lMM160etI AvE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSxgn0_yU-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSxgn0_yU-8 Neistat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZakJFqdpRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZakJFqdpRY Philip DeFranco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOa6PA8XQtQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOa6PA8XQtQ

falcolas 9y ago
Another, experiencing a 90%+ drop in YouTube revenue since the latest update: Sid Alpha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe5eODFxwy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe5eODFxwy0
porfirium 9y ago
ReviewBrah: https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/920395476209471489 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/920395476209471489 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/925346887753969664 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/925346887753969664 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/926838929751465984 https://twitter.com/TROTWOfficial/status/926838929751465984
- justaman 9y ago
  HOW? This guy is basically a 1950's white-picket fence gentleman. I think we are seeing a concerted effort to attack major YT channels into leaving YT.
  - krapp 9y ago
    My pet conspiracy theory regarding Youtube is that Google wants to pivot it to compete with Netflix and Amazon, and replace user-submitted content with exclusive, licensed content that might actually make money. But Google doesn't want to risk the PR nightmare of admitting that they no longer want 99% of their userbase poisoning the well for the 1%, so they use pretexts like demonetizing content to encourage them to go elsewhere. It's probably not true, but Google either seems to be fantastically inept or malicious at this point, when it comes to their interactions with content creators and their UX.
- needz 9y ago
  This guy is as wholesome as wholesome can possibly be and he was still demonetized. Wears suits, is cordial with his viewers, doesn't curse... what more could YT want?
maturz 9y ago
Also Joe goes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaU-SgsZnIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaU-SgsZnIw Reddit has a lot more examples https://www.reddit.com/r/all/search?q=demonetized&sort=top https://www.reddit.com/r/all/search?q=demonetized&sort=top

Joe-Z 9y ago

Just this week: Popular science channel "Cody's Lab" got his account suspended. https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/7b3v93/12million_sub_channel_codyslab_suspended_lets/ https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/7b3v93/12million_s...

justaman 9y ago
Absolute shame and I cannot wait until TY dies its inevitable lonely death.

mtgx 9y ago

You can Google "Adpocalypse" for more info on this. Here are a couple of articles on it: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/arts/youtube-broadcasters-algorithm-ads.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/arts/youtube-broadcasters... http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/05/04/how-youtube-adpocalypse-affected-top-creators/ http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/05/04/how-youtube-adpocalypse... It started when some big advertisers made waves about their ads being placed on "extremist" videos on YouTube. Some quit Google's network at the time, too. To beg them back, Google essentially started removing anything that might upset those big advertisers. Like anything at all. The "demonetization" actually came a bit later when there was backlash against those removals from users, so it was Google's way to "compromise". It wouldn't remove the more "sensitive" (but not extremist) videos, but it would demonetize them without much thought.

ghaff 9y ago
Is this even slightly surprising (or unreasonable)? An ad placement agency--which is effectively what google is acting as from an advertising perspective--wants safe, uncontroversial placements for at least most of their clients, especially big mainstream ones. They're mostly not looking for "edgy." The main surprise to me is that advertising support for a fair bit of non-mainstream content has held up as long as it has.
- Feniks 9y ago
  No its not. Companies care about their brand and have always wanted some assurance that their ads don't show up in something controversial. There is actually a really simple solution here that nobody wants to talk about. DO NOT MONETIZE YOUR VIDEO
- rrhd 9y ago
  The boundary for what gets demonitized are arbitrary and ridiculous. It's not just people dropping racial slurs or showing graphic violence. It's comedy channels, science channels, etc... It's probably the only thing they can do, but it really is an awful way to treat people who should be your partners.

gadders 9y ago

Also Bro Science Life and Gaad Sad.